What Do Workers Have To Say? Skills & Technological Change.

Autor/inn/en	Heitner, Keri L.; und weitere
Institution	Hampden County Employment and Training Consortium, Springfield, MA.
Titel	What Do Workers Have To Say? Skills & Technological Change.
Quelle	(1990), (44 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Auto Mechanics; Basic Skills; Continuing Education; Education Work Relationship; Employee Attitudes; Employment Qualifications; Futures (of Society); Graphic Arts; Job Skills; Machine Tools; Machinists; Metal Working; Occupational Information; Postsecondary Education; Printing; Refresher Courses; Retraining; Skilled Occupations; Skilled Workers; Technological Advancement; Trade and Industrial Education; Work Environment; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Basic skill; Grundfertigkeit; Weiterbildung; Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Future; Society; Zukunft; Grafik; Grafisches Gestaltung; Produktive Fertigkeit; Werkzeugmaschine; Metallarbeit; Berufsinformation; Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Buchdruck; Drucken; Wiederholungskurs; Umschulung; Fachangestellter; Facharbeiter; Technological development; Technologische Entwicklung; Gewerblich-industrielle Ausbildung; Arbeitsmilieu; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	A survey examined workers' perspectives on skills usage and the effects of technological change in the workplace, specifically in three trades: metalworking machining, automotive repair, and graphic arts/printing. Responses to interview questions asked during site visits to shops in Hampden and Hampshire Counties (Massachusetts) were incorporated into the survey design and content. A total of 209 surveys from respondents in participating shops employing under 100 production workers or line personnel were analyzed. Findings showed that a majority of workers across all three trade areas indicated more or much more usage of high technology skills (computer data entry, operation of computer controlled machinery, computer programming) in the year 2000. Workers affirmed that changes in technology will require greater math usage and greater usage and higher levels of reading skills on the job. The majority had attended at least one upgrading course and strongly agreed that they wanted to advance their skills. Most saw usage of problem-solving skills increasing. Recommendations for policy changes focused on the importance of basic skills; importance of technical skills; curriculum restructuring; worker participation in training design; equity and access issues; and development of apprenticeship models. Issues requiring further research were raised. (23 references; 17 tables; 5 graphs) (YLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC